Sherraine Schalm

Sherraine Schalm

Sherraine Schalm (first from the left) at the 2009 World Fencing Championships podium
Personal information
Nationality	Canadian
Born	(1975-06-21) 21 June 1975 Brooks, Alberta
Height	5 ft 9 in (1.75 m)
Weight	132 pounds (60 kg)
Sport
Sport	Fencing
Medal record Women's Fencing Competitor for  Canada Pan American Games Silver 2003 Santo Domingo Individual épée Bronze 2003 Santo Domingo Team épée Silver 2011 Guadalajara Team épée
Updated on July 2012.

Sherraine Schalm, formerly Sherraine Schalm-MacKay (born June 21, 1975), is a former top-ranked Canadian Olympic épée fencer. She is a World Cup medal winner, elementary school teacher and author. She is a graduate of the University of Ottawa. At the 2005 FIE World Championships in Fencing she won a bronze medal in the individual épée event, becoming the first Canadian to ever win a World Championships medal in the sport. A year later, in 2006, she won the overall World Cup title.

Born in Brooks, Alberta, Schalm has earned the best ever results for any Canadian woman fencer at the world championships, the Olympic Games and is a four-time medallist at the Pan American Games. She has competed at three Summer Olympics. In 2000 she finished 19th in the individual event. In 2004 she finished 18th in the individual event, and fourth in the team event.^[1][2]

Schalm published a memoir, Running With Swords (under the name Sherraine MacKay), in 2005.

In the 2008 Olympic Games, Schalm was widely expected to challenge for a medal, but lost in the second round. She was seeded 9th.^[3]

She retired in 2013.^[4]

Books

• Sherraine MacKay (2005). Running with Swords: The Adventures and Misadventures of an Irrepressible Canadian Fencing Champion. Don Mills, Ont: Fitzhenry and Whiteside. ISBN 1-55041-982-X. 

References